Importance of Media Today Today‚ media has become almost as necessary as food and clothing. It is true that media is playing an outstanding role in strengthening the society; it is a mirror of the society. Its duty is to inform‚ educate and entertain the people. They help us to know what is going on around the world. They put their lives in danger during attacks or a natural disaster‚ just to inform us of the situation. It is partly because of them that awareness is spreading in the society
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Communicating information always has been extremely important. Throughout history‚ some information has had value beyond measure. The lack of information often costs huge amounts of money and‚ sometimes‚ many lives. One example of this took place near New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Britain and the United States were fighting the War of Eighteen Twelve. The Battle of New Orleans is a famous battle. As in all large battles‚ hundreds of troops were killed or wounded. After the battle‚ the Americans and
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Nature of the Work |[About this section] |[pic]Back to Top | |Radio and television announcers perform a variety of tasks on and off the air. They announce station program information‚ such as program schedules and station breaks for commercials‚ or public service information‚ and they introduce and close programs. Announcers read prepared scripts or make ad lib commentary on the air‚ as they present news‚ sports‚ the weather‚ time‚ and commercials. If a written script is required‚ they may do the
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1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented
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History of the Radio in the 1930’s In the 1930’s the United States endured one of the most difficult economic times in the history of our country. This horrible crisis was called The Great Depression. The Great Depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was an era never to be forgotten. The Great Depression‚ though challenging with many hardships‚ in a way brought America closer together. It caused people to show what they really were made of and highlighted their true character. Americans worked
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What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century? There were a few major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century. One of those developments was radio. Radios were the first major nonprint forms of mass media. Radios reached a huge number of people‚ they were less expensive then telephones‚ and they were extremely popular. In 1946‚ televisions were introduced as a new form of mass media. There were approximately 17‚000 televisions
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Situation: Speaking a formal speech in a public area. In the 21st Century‚ technology has brought great improvement in all aspects of our life. It not only provides different kinds of information in the world but it gives us entertainment. Mass media such as televesion or newspapers help us learn things. But on the other hand‚ are the mass media too powerful? Could we still survive without mass media now? Television has the most pervasive effect on people. Most of us watch television all the
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Verbal communication is very effective when having an interview whether that is face to face or over the telephone. While it is face to face the person in the interview can use their body language as well as talking to convey their point across. If it is on the telephone the employer can see how well you can hold yourself on the phones. I do not believe the interview process can be handled by any other types of communication. The source for an interview at the Blackpool and Fylde College can
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Should children watch a lot TV? I think children should not watch a lot of TV. Though TV in moderation can be a good educator as there are a lot of good educational programs which help children to learn the alphabet‚ numbers‚ about wildlife‚ time spending in front of TV should be supervised and limited depending on the age of child. To begin with‚ unlimited time spending on watching TV has negative influence on children health: less physical outdoor activities‚ sore eyes. A lot of children
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Chapter 1 Communication: Mass and Other Forms ___________________________________________________________________ THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS At a general level‚ communication events involve the following elements: . . . . . . . . a source a process of encoding a message a channel a process of decoding a receiver the potential for feedback the chance of noise The Source. The source‚ or sender‚ initiates the communication process by having a thought or an idea that he
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